2025 AGATHA AWARD WINNERS
Malice Domestic has announced the winners for the 2025 Agatha Awards as follows:
Best Contemporary Novel: (5)
A COLLECTION OF LIES, by Connie Berry (Crooked Lane Books)
WINNER A MIDNIGHT PUZZLE, by Gigi Pandian (Minotaur Books)
A VERY WOODSY MURDER, by Ellen Byron (Kinsington Cozies)
FONDUE OR DIE, by Korina Moss (St. Martin's Paperbacks)
THE DARK WIVES, by Ann Cleeves (Minotaur Books)
Best Historical Novel:
HALL OF MIRRORS, by John Copenhaver (Pegasus Crime)
THE LAST HOPE, by Susan Elia MacNeal (Bantam Books)
THE PARIS MISTRESS, by Mally Becker (Level Best - Historia)
THE WHARTON PLOT, by Mariah Fredericks (Minotaur Books)
WINNER TO SLIP THE BONDS OF EARTH, by Amanda Flower (Kensington Publishing)
Best First Novel: (5)
A DEADLY ENDEAVOR by Jenny Adams (Crooked Lane Books)
GHOSTS OF WAIKIKI, by Jennifer K. Morita (Crooked Lane Books)
HOUNDS OF THE HOLLYWOOD BASKERVILLES, by Elizabeth Crowens (Level Best - Historia)
THREADS OF DECEPTION, by Elle Jauffret (Level Best Books)
WINNER YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID, by K.T. Nguyen (Dutton)
Best Short Story: (5)
"A MATTER OF TRUST," by Barb Goffman (in Three Strikes--You're Dead, edited by Donna Andrews, Barb Goffman & Marcia Talley; Wildside Press)
"REYNISFJARA," by Kristopher Zgorski (in Mystery Most International, edited by Rita Owen, Verena Rose & Shawn Reilly Simmons; Level Short)
"SATANfS SPIT," by Gabriel Valjan (in Tales of Music, Murder and Mayhem: Bouchercon 2024. edited by Heather Graham; Down & Out Books)
"SINS OF THE FATHER," by Kerry Hammond (in Mystery Most International, edited by Rita Owen, Verena Rose & Shawn Reilly Simmons; Level Short)
WINNER "THE POSTMAN ALWAYS FLIRTS TWICE," by Barb Goffman (in Agatha and Derringer Get Cozy, edited by Gay Toltl Kinman 6 Andrew McAlear; Bdown & Out Books)
Best Mystery Non-fiction: (5)
ABINGDON'S BOARDINGHOUSE MURDER, by Greg Lilly (History Press)
AGATHA CHRISTIE, MARPLE: EXPERT ON WICKEDNESS, by Mark Aldridge (HarperCollins)
SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE MURDERERS: CRITIQUING THE COLUMBO KILLERS, by Chris Chan (Level Best Books KIndle)
THE BOOKSHOP: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN BOOKSTORE, by Evan Friss (Viking)
WINNER WRITING THE COZY MYSTERY: AUTHORS' PERSPECTIVES ON THEIR CRAFT, Edited by Phyllis M. Betz (McFarland)
Best Children's/Young Adult Mystey Novel: (5)
FIRST WEEK FREE AT THE ROOMY TOILET, by Josh Pachter (Level Elevate)
WINNER SASQUATCH OF HARRIMAN LAKE, by K.B. Jackson (Reycraft Books)
SID JOHNSON & THE WELL-INTENDED CONSPIRACY, by Frances Schoonmaker (Auctus Publishers)
THE BIG GREY MAN OF BEN MACDHUI, by K.B. Jackson (Reycraft Books)
THE SHERLOCK SOCIETY ,by James Ponti (Aladdin)
Lifetime Achievment Recipient: Donna Andrews
Poirot Award Recipient: Lucy Worsley (not attending)
The winners were announced on Saturday, April 26 at the Malice Banquet during Malice Domestic held in Bethesda, Maryland.
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